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nitrf tats; srtrut @Hirn` PATRICK H. COLLINS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR. HARRY BITTER AND A. MEER-ITT ASAY, "OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Paient No. 64,285, dated April 30,- 1867.

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Be it known that I, PATRICK H. COLLIXS, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented o neu and improved Device for Closing Ruptures in Firellose; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the .letters of reference marked thereon. i

'llxe nature oi' my invention consists of a clasping device for closing holes or ruptures in {ire-hose to prevent leaking while the hose is in service; said device consistingr of a pair of concave clamps recessed, so as to bite into the suvi'nee ot' the hose around u hole or rupture -to prevent the escape of water, the handles being confined by menus of' n ratchet und pun-l, so tlmt when the clamps are brought 'into contact ivith the hose they will remain in place.

The eonstruetiol'. und operation 'ot' the device will be understood by thefollowing description. In the accompanying-drnn'ings- Figure 1 is n side elevation of the device.

Figure 2 is a plain of do.

Figure4 is a reversed plain of therelasping jaw B.

Figure 4 is a cross-section of do., at 'the red line 1,2, ot' fig.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of :i modified form of the device.

Figure G isLa plun'of do. A

Lilie letters in all the figures indicate the same parts. v

- A B, iig. l, are the bottom and top jaws of the clasp. They'are made concave on their inner face, so as to tit or adapt themselves to the surface ot' the hose. The jaws are connected together by means of the fulcrum pin (l, through their handles b c, the latter of lwhich has a turn downward, and is provided `With a foot, d, which. rest-s on the ground. On the face of the upper jan' B, there is a projecting knife-edge rib, @which encircles' thc rupture, and thereby-contines the Water to prevent its escape as it sinks partially into the face of the hose. The bottom jaw Anmy also be provided rwith *a depressingrib, yet it would seldom be necessary. I When this jun' is not so constructed, the middle portion may be removed for the purpose of vdecreasing the Weight of the casting. C is n ratchet, hung in a mortis@ in the handle I; on the pin f.- It passes through the slot g in the handle c, und when :the jaws A B are brought into their claspingposition, as seen in iig. 1, one of the teeth catches under the projection 7i, and contines the jaws in that position. .The spring-D, Whose heel is 'secured to the side of the handle I: by bearing against lthe back edge of the catch, holds the latter in its place. In addition to the employment of the device for closing ruptures, it may sometimes be used for claspin'g the hose for the purpose of carrying it into or upon n building. It will readily appear that the construction and arrangementof the clasps :1re susceptible of much yariation without departing from the characteristic features of the invention. A modified form is Arepresented in-igs. Sand 6. In these Afigures the jaws A B are connected at one edge by mea-ns of a hinge, E. Their other edges are brought into connection by means of the ratchet F, which is hung to the upper jan" B and catches under the edge of the jaw A, itbeing held in position by means of the spring G whose heel is fastened by means of screws z' t' to the jaw B, as seen in iig. 5. H is alug on the jan' B, which has a cross-hole,- j, for the insertion of a rod for operating the jagv.

Having thus vdescribed my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- r)The recessed clamps, constructedA substantially as described.Y In test-nnen) whereof I have hereunto set my hand and atlixed my seal 'this fifth day of February, 1867.

' P. H. COLLINS. .[L. s]

'Witnesses STEPHEN Usrrcn, W. W. DOUGHERTY. 

